Still driv'n this thing

[RjION]

Not sure if GM will get me to buy a new car any time soon.

Edited July 16, 2012 by RjION

[regfootball]

looks great, love the wheels..

[Justin Bimmer]

Damn that car is clean!

[PurdueGuy]

Keep taking good care of it, it's a good looking car.

[ocnblu]

I like what you've done with it.

[David]

Nice job on keeping it clean and new like.

[ocnblu]

Rj, what are your requirements? The Buick Verano is really nice. I'd love to see you post a pic of a lowered, turbo manual Verano.

[GMTruckGuy74]

You've done a great job keeping that Ion looking good. How's the Solstice?

And I second oncblu's recommendation of a new Buick Verano; I know you're not crazy about the Chevy Cruze, right?

[loki]

nice.

[A Horse With No Name]

Sweet, looks better than anything I own....

[RjION]

Requirements................Build me a Chevy or Buick thats equipt just like my ION 3 with the enhanced performace package. Yes I know some other crap like TPMS will be on the car so the price will go up.....thats fine. But I rather have auto headlamps, auto dimming rear view mirror and map light then a blue tooth or yellow teeth.

EDIT PS: The Solstice, hey I got that thing for almost nothing, it's a base little slug thats fun to drive. Oh and for those that have never had one .... you can get alot of crap in the back with the top down. I would have never thought it possible.

Edited July 17, 2012 by RjION

[RjION]

I'll get out a get a picture of it with the new wheels on it............but hey still I'd like a new car with about he same power to weight and the same euipment. I don't need any more and don't want anything less.

[Drew Dowdell]

Keep your head up for a Turbo Verano then.

[A Horse With No Name]

Turbo Verano sounds like a lot of fun!

[RjION]

Ok I took a shot this morn'n of the latest set of wheels I put on this thing. Not that I didn't like the last ones....just didn't like the look of 16's. I hope the turbo Verano cames standard with map lights, auto headlamps, foglamps, auto dimming mirror w/ temp and compass, 6disc, cloth, and NO sunroof. I have no use for bluetooth, a home theater, or nav so they can save that crap for options.

[David]

Look Great with the bigger rims.

[Drew Dowdell]

I hope the turbo Verano cames standard with map lights, auto headlamps, foglamps, auto dimming mirror w/ temp and compass, 6disc, cloth, and NO sunroof.

Map lights - check

auto headlamps - check

foglamps - at least optional

auto dimming mirror - check

temp/compass - not in mirror, but yes they are there

6 disc - changers are being phased out across all manufacturers, sorry

cloth - probably leather or leatherette standard

sunroof - will be your choice

[RjION]

Plastic seats what a joy, leather almost as bad, can do without the 6 disc. Will not buy if a sunroof is standard.

[David]

Plastic seats what a joy, leather almost as bad, can do without the 6 disc. Will not buy if a sunroof is standard.

Yea for me at 6'6" tall, sun roofs eat up valuable head room. I will pass on them also.

[A Horse With No Name]

Glad to know others hate sun roofs well....

Of course, one of my cars has an infinite sunroofs, as does on of Rjion's....but rag tops are different...

[ocnblu]

I use the sunroof in my vehicle all the time, usually tipped up to aid in venting heat out. But if it weren't there I wouldn't miss it.

[RjION]

The drivers side.

[RjION]

Bout the only time the tops up ................. and one more reason a new car is not in my future.

Edited November 5, 2012 by RjION

[ocnblu]

sweet

[David]

Sun roofs are nice but would not miss it, I like my head room more. But then GM Dealers seem to think if an auto has a sunroof everyone wants one and i have never found them without.

Perfect example is I have plenty of room for sitting up straight the way I like in my 2006 Escalade ESV, but the new Escalades I have to be reclined as they do not have the interior room and even in the rare escalade I found with no sun roof, I still could not sit up straight. Yes I did make sure the seat was all the way down, but GM seems to have stopped allowing to the floor sitting position so us really tall guys are pretty much out of luck on the current generation of SUV's.

[RjION]

I like sitting straight up also. I like being up on the wheel up in the seat for a better view of whats around me. Laying down in the car oozing down the hiway is not my driving style.

[David]

I like sitting straight up also. I like being up on the wheel up in the seat for a better view of whats around me. Laying down in the car oozing down the hiway is not my driving style.

Not to mention the safety issue of these peeps who can barely see over the dash due to being so reclined as it being just stupid.

[ocnblu]

Not gonna lie, I enjoy gangsta leaning to the right as far as I can and blasting Backspin on XM with all windows down. But I hate it when ppl recline their seat way back. They must have gorilla arms.

[RjION]

I like sitting straight up also. I like being up on the wheel up in the seat for a better view of whats around me. Laying down in the car oozing down the hiway is not my driving style.

Not to mention the safety issue of these peeps who can barely see over the dash due to being so reclined as it being just stupid.

For those reasons and more brother, for those reasons and more.

[RjION]

Yep.............almost a year later and I'm still driving this ION. Got rid of the Solstice and bought one of those junk ass underpowered no torque 2014 KIA Forte EX's. I didn't buy a new Cruze as I hoped, GM just doesn't want to get at least 189hp in one that would make me happy.

[RjION]

Above it says I removed the photo. I didn't remove a photo. I didn't move the photo. I didn't do anything to the photo. I think this site lost control of the photo so here are a few more.

Edited June 23, 2014 by RjION

[RjION]

Bought another KIA ...... a Forte5 in pearl. I love the (as one member put it) lame ass interior and eveything else about the Forte.

Edited June 23, 2014 by RjION

[David]

Cool to see the saturn and your new Kia. Awesome.

[A Horse With No Name]

That new Kia is a sharp little car.  Amazing that Honda and Toyota sell as well as they do when the Koreans are kicking their butts like this.

[RjION]

I dunno.....for me the Forte EX is the nicest compact car on the road for 2014.

[A Horse With No Name]

That, and the Mazda3.

[RjION]

If the 3 had another 30hp it would almost nice lol......it's just so bloody ugly. The Speed3 is even more ugly. When I say that my Son he starts turning red with anger, he bought one of those damn ugly Speed3's .... At least it's quick for a 4banger I tell him. lol

No the power of the new SkyActive 2.5 is rather nice.....it's just the car is so damn ugly.

Edited July 4, 2014 by RjION

[Drew Dowdell]

I like the fuel economy of it.... and they are very smooth engines.

[ocnblu]

I think the new '14 3 looks impressive.  Easily the best looking car in the class.  Quite a turnaround from the recent, "toofless grin, maniacal clown" look.  But it got expensive.  That's where the market resistance lies, imo, certainly not in looks.